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, one of the best in the city of chicago named after whitney young and the first lady went to and graduated from whitney young high school, and what do you believe he would say about violence in schools? >> that the job is not done enough to have people have a stake in their communities enou enough, and also to try to build bridges between never the community, and between the people who are disempowered with the jobs they need to become stakeholders, but he would also say to the people who are in the chambers of commerce that you have a vested interest in protect ing t protecting the city, too. so i think that this is the kind of bridge building that he did. it was not about black or white, but that we all have a stake in this together. so he would be trying to find the points of consensus where things could get done and better housing jobs and so forth could empower young people to not become violent. >> given how inclusive he was, he was a scout. there is a boy scout award named for whitney young. what do you think that he would say about the inclusion of gay men and boys openly in the bo
, one of the best in the city of chicago named after whitney young and the first lady went to and graduated from whitney young high school, and what do you believe he would say about violence in schools? >> that the job is not done enough to have people have a stake in their communities enou enough, and also to try to build bridges between never the community, and between the people who are disempowered with the jobs they need to become stakeholders, but he would also say to the people...
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can give you a chart of the arson in the city. i can give you a chart of the blight in the city. but i can't tell you what it is like to be a person living next door to a home that then has burned down and -- so -- >> or an empty block. >> yeah. tell me, talk to me about what that kind of real life experience feels like on the ground. >> i still have many relatives that live in the city of detroit and i look at how -- i know i work at espn but i'm not like that. i look at what's happened to their neighborhoods. it used to be a source of pride where you could shop in your own neighborhoods and feel comfortable and safe, and that has all been eliminated because the population has shrunk, people have moved out, and because of the economic forces, you wrote about a couple of these cases in the book and unfortunately, everybody who is from detroit knows someone who does this, but if you get underwater in your house, the first solution is burn it down, get the insurance money. so you have a lot of people, it's a huge problem. you have p
can give you a chart of the arson in the city. i can give you a chart of the blight in the city. but i can't tell you what it is like to be a person living next door to a home that then has burned down and -- so -- >> or an empty block. >> yeah. tell me, talk to me about what that kind of real life experience feels like on the ground. >> i still have many relatives that live in the city of detroit and i look at how -- i know i work at espn but i'm not like that. i look at...
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finding treasures in new york city trash. then in office politics, jack jacobs with his take on ptsd, women in contact an why he has a running gag on bat, and who he williams think is the better public speaker. >>> all i can say about the weather is as long as it holds off in time for me to get home this afternoon. mardi gras is this week. >> it will. >> thank you. >> and thanks to alex. >>> up next, saying good-bye. my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> who are you when your child is murdered? when your parents die, you're an orphan. when your spouse dies, you're a widow. who are
finding treasures in new york city trash. then in office politics, jack jacobs with his take on ptsd, women in contact an why he has a running gag on bat, and who he williams think is the better public speaker. >>> all i can say about the weather is as long as it holds off in time for me to get home this afternoon. mardi gras is this week. >> it will. >> thank you. >> and thanks to alex. >>> up next, saying good-bye. my mother made the best toffee in the...
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the shooting death of their daughter precipitated his visit to the city. he offered understanding of cities like chicago. president obama recognized this particular kind of gun violence is about more than just weapons used to commit the crimes. it's also about poverty, a lack of access to economic opportunity for all families. the president proposed a policy solution that goes beyond regulating guns to embrace a role for the government in helping lift struggling families out of poverty. we are singing the same tune until the record scratched when he said this. >> we should do more to promote marriage. and encourage fatherhood. we have single mothers that are heroic with what they are doing. we are so proud of them. at the same time, i wish i had a father who was around and involved. somehow, in the middle of a speech on gun violence and poverty, we were smack in the middle of the president's daddy issues. what i heard president obama's father detour, i thought those of you on twitter know what i thought. this is what i tweeted. sigh, the fatherhood thing i
the shooting death of their daughter precipitated his visit to the city. he offered understanding of cities like chicago. president obama recognized this particular kind of gun violence is about more than just weapons used to commit the crimes. it's also about poverty, a lack of access to economic opportunity for all families. the president proposed a policy solution that goes beyond regulating guns to embrace a role for the government in helping lift struggling families out of poverty. we are...
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as you know, catholicism goes beyond those who hold the reins in vatican city, and the global body of 2.2 billion believers. as one of the most influential irns tugss, the catholic church encompasses those around the world who don't identify with the catholic faith, but benefit from the work of the church and the organizations it has created. the church has been an advocate for the human rights and the dignity of the most marginalized people, and providing care for the sick, and the homes for the homeless, and food for the hungry. you are the largest provider of health care and education. and for students of color catholic schools are the only affordable alternative for quality education. but cardinals, even as the church has been a channel for good, it has been a conduit for injustice around the world. the doctrine intransigence of the pope being infallible has come at the expense of policies that recognize and address realities in the modern world. women in underdeveloped nations and war torn countries need to have access to contraception, and prevent deaths in childbirth, and yet w
as you know, catholicism goes beyond those who hold the reins in vatican city, and the global body of 2.2 billion believers. as one of the most influential irns tugss, the catholic church encompasses those around the world who don't identify with the catholic faith, but benefit from the work of the church and the organizations it has created. the church has been an advocate for the human rights and the dignity of the most marginalized people, and providing care for the sick, and the homes for...
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any american who is cognizant of the weather and them, we flooded the biggest city in the country, we had the hottest year in history last year. i mean how can you deny these things are happening and need to be stopped? >> i want to ask you, this trade off between the idea of jobs for communities that are economically deprived and at a disadvantage. on the other hand, the environment meant that communities of color and poor communities have been set over and against the air they breathe and the water they drink. >> exactly. we'll give you the jobs if you put up with the trash. that's really a false choice. we heard on the panel just now that the economy will create many, many thousands of jobs while the pipeline will produce few. it's an easy choice for most people to make. i look forward to the long term. it's better to go with the green world rather than the awful world that promises to come if we continue in the current path. >> let's pull out to the panel for a minute. it's not just about american citizens. there's a whole canadian question here. >> i was adopted by the blood trib
any american who is cognizant of the weather and them, we flooded the biggest city in the country, we had the hottest year in history last year. i mean how can you deny these things are happening and need to be stopped? >> i want to ask you, this trade off between the idea of jobs for communities that are economically deprived and at a disadvantage. on the other hand, the environment meant that communities of color and poor communities have been set over and against the air they breathe...